All week long, Football Outsiders has been releasing “Top 30” lists on ESPN Insider, ranking the top offenses, defenses, special teams, and now teams, all using the Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) metric, which now spans exactly 30 seasons. They’ll have individual player seasons published on Friday.
You’ll be delighted to know that four Seahawks squads have made the list of best teams, and no, they’re not all from the Pete Carroll era. First up are the 2005 Seahawks (+33.8% DVOA), who otherwise wouldn’t have made it into the top-30 had they not counted the postseason, but the shellacking of the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship Game propelled them to 23rd.